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Penal culture and hyperincarceration : the revival of the prison /
Using penal culture as a conceptual and theoretical vehicle, and Australia as a case study, this book analyses international developments in penality and imprisonment. Authored by some of Australia's leading penal theorists, the book examines the historical and contemporary influences on the us...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, Surrey :
Ashgate,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Advances in criminology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Using penal culture as a conceptual and theoretical vehicle, and Australia as a case study, this book analyses international developments in penality and imprisonment. Authored by some of Australia's leading penal theorists, the book examines the historical and contemporary influences on the use of the prison, with analyses of colonialism, post colonialism, race, and what they term the 'penal/colonial complex', in the construction of imprisonment rates and on the development of the phenomenon of hyperincarceration. Comparative, contemporary and historical in its approach, the book provides a n. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409447306 1409447308 9781409474838 1409474836 1317082656 9781317082651 9781315599892 1315599899 |